Festival: Umoja Fest Features 2 Concerts

September 16, 2005|By MIKE HOLTZCLAW Daily Press

The 15th annual Umoja Festival will fill the Harbor Center amphitheater in Portsmouth this weekend with three days of music, food and activities celebrating African-American culture. The festival, which has no admission charge, starts tonight and runs though Sunday. The festival features two big concerts at Harbor Center. Tonight, it's the Legends of Funk (highlighted by the Bar-Kays, whose roots go all the way back to Otis Redding and Wilson Pickett), and Saturday night it will be the O'Jays. Tickets for tonight's show are $8-13, and for Saturday $23.50-33.50. They're available in advance at Ticketmaster at 872-8100. For more information on the festival, call 393-8181 or go online to umojafest.org.